The nation’s ability to respond to H5N1 is likely to be undercut by the incoming administration.

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    21 days ago

    Most points stand, but Trump actually was pro-vaccine in his first term despite the rhetoric of the opposite. He just doesn’t talk about it because of his supporters being anti-vaccine. He did initiate Operation Warp Speed which was used to speed up vaccine development.

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      21 days ago

      With an anti-vaxxer heading the CDC, a second Operation Warp Speed will nost likely be off the table.

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        21 days ago

        Yeah we had Dr Fauchi at the time. And Trump even listened to him up until he started getting more attention at those press conferences. That’s when it all went off the rails and bleach enemas entered the chat.

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      He was only pro-vaccine in that he didn’t care about it, and just said what he was told to say, until the crazies latched onto it, and he fell back into pandering